Since its foundation in 1829, the École Centrale Paris has followed the same calling: training engineers capable of meeting the greatest challenges of their era. The challenge is to allow the 9 billion people who will live on our planet in 2050 to have access to water, food, energy, health, education, information, etc. To appreciate and meet the great challenges of the 21st century, the world needs ever more engineers – “three- dimensional” engineers: high level scientific and technical generalists, experts in initiating and piloting innovative projects and with a strong international culture. It is these new scientific leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators, that Centrale Paris seeks to train and to prepare for the companies, governments and institutions of today and tomorrow. These men and women will know how to respond to the issues of their age using the science and technology.

It continues to prove this by developing its alliances with the most prestigious companies, universities and research centres in France and throughout the world. And by successfully exporting its model overseas, through the creation of the École Centrale in Beijing.

It is in this same spirit, with this same enthusiasm that we will continue to develop in order to train increasingly outstanding leaders.

Hervé Biausser, director of Centrale Paris

Key-figures

Centrale Paris’ Engineering Program

1789 student-engineers with 255 in sandwich year (Class of 2014: 492; Class of 2015: 539; Class of 2016: 503), including: 515 international students and 353 female students

40% of Centrale’s graduates have received dual-degrees

Advanced Master

18 programs

347 students of which 102 from abroad

Master

5 fields of concentration, M1 and M2

146 students, including 45 student-engineers and 89 international students